tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833882.post115852877203150576..comments2024-01-29T05:11:29.607-05:00Comments on Helene Blowers |: On control & empowerment ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833882.post-1158951024412415152006-09-22T14:50:00.000-04:002006-09-22T14:50:00.000-04:00... and my question is: Is there a distinction to ...... and my question is: Is there a distinction to be drawn between managing and leading within your library, to wit, the staff, and managing and leading to your constituents (reader, audience, what have you)? To even draw the distinction offer the opportunity to 'empower' the latter. Presumably a good leader-manager is already empowering those over whom s/he has nominal 'control'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833882.post-1158695725590483102006-09-19T15:55:00.000-04:002006-09-19T15:55:00.000-04:00I think empowerment is something that people seek ...I think empowerment is something that people seek out while control is something that people avoid. And the experience on the continum between empowerment and control is unique to each user. For example, 30 years ago, information services may have been empowering for most users, now with the internet may be experienced as controlling. The same with technology. I say "let go" of the control because you never really have it for long anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833882.post-1158684508320871182006-09-19T12:48:00.000-04:002006-09-19T12:48:00.000-04:00Beautiful. As a manager/leader I've been wrestling...Beautiful. <BR/><BR/>As a manager/leader I've been wrestling with this for quite some time and have come to the realization that it is a conversation and an ongoing process. There really is no solving that should happen, for it is all about balance. It is the balance that needs to maintain and be sought after by each of us in our thoughts and actions. Just because we may not have the title of manager or leader doesn't mean that we aren't or don't. Some of the world’s best and most effective leaders did so from a position of little or no formality of title and power.<BR/><BR/>What does it mean to empower the people of our communities? How does one, as a manager/leader, maintain a position that empowers people?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827844479386431801noreply@blogger.com